Title :
An optically pumped phonon laser in a silicon micromechanical oscillator
Author :
Pruessner, M.W. ; Stievater, T.H. ; Khurgin, J.B. ; Rabinovich, W.S.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate and explain phonon "lasing" ("PhASER") in a photo pumped micromechanical cavity that exhibits all the characteristic of a standard laser near threshold and is described by the standard laser equations.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser cavity resonators; micro-optomechanical devices; optical pumping; oscillators; phonons; silicon; PhASER; Si; optically pumped phonon laser; photo-pumped micromechanical cavity; silicon micromechanical oscillator; standard laser equations; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Phonons; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
